Fishhook



Nom 5, 1929, c. s. COLEMAN FISHHOOK Filed July 31, l928 I .Tnvenfcm: Charles eiCoZeman.

Attorney;

- in the description or claims, constitute my ind f ti th same except th t 12 95 P atented Nov. 5, 1929 I 'rr srarss CHARLES S. COLEMAN, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FISHHOOK Application filed July 31, 1928. Serial No. 296,494.

This invention relates to fish hooks and Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2 of deals with a fish hook of the type wherein Fig. 1; the fish operates a tripping mechanism that Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionof a modified causes the hook to become highly effective. form;

An object of this invention is to provide Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 3; 55 a fish hook that upon being taken by a fish Fig. 5 is a bottom View on line 5-5 of will expand in his mouth and become firmly Fi 1. fixed therein. ecourse is now had to the drawings for Another object is to provide a fish hook a more detailed description. InFig. 2, the

with a plurality of hooking points so placed device is shown as consisting of an inner hol- 60 that two or more points will always find low cylinder 10 closed at the lower end by lodgement in the mouth of a fish. a cross member 11 and having, extending up- Another object is to provide a fish hook wardly from said cross member 11, a stem wherein the hooking points have no barbs. 12. Slidably mounted upon the inner cylin- This makes, for ease of extraction, and does der lO is an outer shell 13 open at the lower 65 not tear the mouth of the fish upon removing end and closed at the upper end by a cross the hooks. member 14, which member 14 is provided Another object is to provide a fish hook with an opening 15 adapted to pass the that once within the mouth of a fish can be stem 12. Y

pulled from any angle without danger of dis- As a means of attaching a line to the de- 70 iodgment. vice, a swivel 16 is fixed to the end of the Another object is to provide a fish hook stem 12 and allows the device to rotate as a that will rotate to draw the attention of the unit in response to the effect of spiral fins 18 fi h when the hooks pass through the water. Another object is to provide a rotating fish Before slipping the outer shell 13 over the 75 hook having bait carrying means. inner cylinder 10, a helically wound spring A further object is to provide a fish hook 19 is placed around the stem 12. After the that will operate to hold open the mouth of outer shell 13 has been slipped over the inner a. fish. This is particularly advantageous in cylinder 10, the lower edge is crimped as trying for game fish which require some shown at 20. This crimping serves as a stop so time to land and by holding the mouth open, tor the outer sleeve 13 as it travels over the they will eventually drown. inner cylinder 10 urged by the spring 19.

Briefly described, my invention may be said Suitably mounted w thm the 1111161 hollow to reside in a plurality of circumt'erentially 93 9 1 plurality pf g HBS 25 spaced hooking points formed on the ends il ifi k P95 3 26 t E -Oj- XFF fi il i- 8 of spring wire, together with means for rei l l i y eidwfi I f 18 taining, under tension, said hooking points OW Cy 1m er 15 a 1 Set 0 p g wires 27 having a small projection 28 struck l i e d ircle and means actuated wltm & Scuba C therein and carrying at their lower ends,

40 3 theLfish release Smd hooking points portions 29 of the wire bent at right angles fly omwfiroly and find lodgment m t e to the shank of the wire which portions are mouth then formed in an arc of a circle.

The foregomg Oblects together i any Fig. 3 shows a modification of the desubsequent advanfages that may be disclosed vice, wherein all the elements are identical Vent/i911 a Preferred form and & modlficatlon is omitted and the swivel 16 is attached (ll? of which are shown in the accompanying r tl t th Outer sleeve 13' drawings, in which: For fishing,.where bait may be needed,

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the preferred form there is provided a wire 33 suitably attached 50 of the hook as it appears when released; to the inner cylinder 10 and formed with a 100.

bait holding hook 34 at the lower end thereof. and means for causing the whole to rotate In operation, the hook is first set by sliding upon being drawn through Water. the sleeve 13 down until the crlmp at the In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my lower end thereof engages the projection 28 signature. 5 on the wire 27. The Wire carrying hooks CHARLES S. COLEMAN.

26 which normally fly out and take the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and by the solid lines in Fig. 5, are thus compressed inwardly and take the position shown by the dotted 10 lines in Fig. 5, or the solid lines in Fig. 3.

The wires 27 are also put under a tension which slightly draws the arcs 29 into closer relation. By this arrangement, the points of the hooks 26 are withdrawn into the circle 15 prescribed by the arcs 29.

WVhen the fish strikes, he takes the arcs 29 in his mouth and bites them together, thus forcing the Wires 27 closer together and thereby releasing the crimp 20 on the outer sleeve 20 from the shoulder 28 on said wires and permitting the sleeve 13 to be snapped upward impelled by the spring 19. As the sleeve13 snaps upward, the hooks 26 fly outward and embed themselves in the mouth of the fish in 25 such a manner as to pry his mouth open and hold itopen. The more he bites the further the hooks sink in, until in the case of a game fish putting up a long fight, he finally yields to the pressure of the hooks and holds his 30 mouth open until he drowns.

The foregoing description deals with a preferred and a modified form of my invention and since there are many other modifications possible, I reserve the right to such altera- 35 tions as come within the scope of the specifi- 10o cation and the spirit of the appended claims.

I claim: 1. A. fish hook comprising an inner cylinder, an outer sleeve slidably nr-ounted upon 40 said cylinder, a plurality of spring wires mounted in said inner cylinder, and having hooks formed at their outer ends which hooks are adapted to normally extend outward, a second set of spring wires mounted in said 45 inner cylinder and having bent portions at their outer ends, means on the said second set of wires for lightly holding said outer sleeve upon being slid to an extended position relative to said inner cylinder, and means for 50 yieldingly urging said outer sleeve to return to normal position.

2. A fish hook comprising an inner cylinder, an outer sleeve slidably mounted over said cylinder, a plurality of spring wires 55 mounted in said inner cylinder, and having hooks formed at their outer ends adapted to normally extend beyond the periphery of said outer sleeve, a second set of spring wires mounted in said inner cylinder, and having 60 bent portions at the outer ends beyond said hooks, means on said second set of spring 7 wires for lightly holding said outer sleeve when slid toan extended position relative to saidinner cylinder tension, means for urging 65 said outer sleeve to return to normal position, 

